7 Best Recipes for Hot Honey Sauce for Pizza

If you want to up your pizza game, hot honey sauce is the best way to do it! It’s the perfect blend of sweet and spicy to give your pizza a delicious and elevated flavor. In this article, I’m showing you five easy recipes to make hot honey sauce for pizza. Whether you prefer mild or extra hot, buttery or tangy, these variations will give your pizza a whole new flavor twist!

Before we get into it, let’s go over a few basics.

What is hot honey sauce?

Hot honey sauce is a combination of honey and chili peppers, adding both sweetness and heat to pizza for a unique flavor. There are many variations of chili peppers that can be added to honey to give different levels of spice, tang, and flavor.

Can I store hot honey sauce, and for how long?

Yes, you can store hot honey sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one month. My preferred method is to store it in a jar.

What types of pizza pair well with hot honey sauce?

Hot honey sauce works great on pizzas with savory toppings like pepperoni, sausage, bacon, or even cheese-focused pies like Margherita or white pizza. Check out my recipes for pepperoni pizza with hot honey, hot honey ricotta pizza, and hot honey chicken pizza!

Can I adjust the spice level in hot honey sauce?

Yes, you can easily control the spice level by adding more chili flakes or using hotter chili varieties for extra heat, or reducing the amount for a milder sauce.

Hot Honey with Sriracha

This is a must try recipe for hot honey with sriracha. It's the easiest sauce to make and is the perfect balance of sweet and spicy!

Make this easy hot honey with sriracha

Hot Honey with Butter

This hot honey recipe is the perfect sweet and spicy condiment to add to just about anything. It takes pizza and sandwiches to a whole new level of deliciousness. This recipe results in the perfect blend of sweet, spicy, and savory–due to the addition of salted butter. Honey and butter are always a great pair.

Learn how to make hot honey with butter

Garlic Hot Honey

Sweet honey is combined with fresh garlic and chili flakes to create the most delicious spicy hot honey sauce. The balance of flavors in this homemade sauce are so addictive, and it takes minutes to make with just 4 ingredients.

Try this hot honey with garlic

Tangy Hot Honey

What makes this hot honey recipe so effective is its perfect balance of sweet and spicy elements. The natural richness of the honey is enhanced, not overwhelmed, by the heat from the chili peppers, creating a harmonious blend that's both enticing and addictive. The addition of apple cider vinegar introduces a subtle tanginess that cuts through the sweetness, making the honey even more palatable and giving it a bright flavor profile.

Make this tangy hot honey

Spicy Hot Honey

This homemade hot honey sauce is the perfect sweet and spicy topping to drizzle over everything from pizza to wings and even making some hot honey fried chicken. It's made with honey, chili flakes, apple cider vinegar, and cayenne pepper.

Make this spicy hot honey

Jalapeno Hot Honey

This jalapeno honey is an addictive sweet and spicy concoction that’s perfect for drizzling over your pizzas, fried chicken and so much more. It takes just two ingredients and barely any kitchen time to put this delicious and spicy honey together. It is totally a step up above your regular honey- you’ve got to give it a try if you love spicy food.

Try this jalapeno hot honey recipe

Honey Hot Sauce

This homemade honey hot sauce recipe is sweet, spicy, crunchy, and delish, but calling it a recipe is a bit of a stretch I realize. Simply combine honey and chili crisp, and warm it for a few seconds in the microwave. That’s it!

Try this honey hot sauce recipe

Now you know how to make hot honey sauce for pizza! You can top just about any pizza with hot honey sauce. Some of my favorite pizzas are pepperoni pizza with hot honey, hot honey ricotta pizza, and hot honey chicken pizza!

Let me know in the comments if you tried any of these hot honey sauce for pizza recipes!

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